Aristeidis Panagiotou

Structure, Agency and Biotechnology

The Case of the Rothamsted GM Wheat Trials

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Structure, Agency, Biotechnology" argues for the significance of sociological theory and highlights the insights that it can offer into the study of agricultural biotechnology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 614g
• ISBN-13: 9781783087037
• ISBN-10: 178308703X
• Artikelnr.: 47829599

Autorenporträt

Aristeidis Panagiotou is a researcher at the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV), Greece.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
1. A Holistic Approach to the GM Controversy
2. Rethinking Science, Technology & Society Relations: Definitions, Boundaries and Underlying Theoretical Problems
3. Science and Technology Studies: A Critical Overview of the Field
4. Benton, Mouzelis, Stones: Some Key Advances in Contemporary Sociology
5. A Holistic Framework for the Study of Agricultural Biotechnology 6. The Rothamsted GM Wheat Trials (I): Technology and Appropriation
7. The Rothamsted GM Wheat Trials (II): Ideology
8. What is the GM Controversy? Science, Politics and Prospects
9. Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.